The system all but requires that any 1st term president play "safe"... Obama has played as safe as he possibly can...
There is no guarantee that Obama wants to be remembered as one of the great presidents but he's smarter than anyone in "this room" (Mudpit) and a betting man would have to assume that he'd "kick out the jambs" is he is re-elected...
One thing is fir sure and that is there in no one out there who has shown any motivation but continue failed policies...
BTW, not politically advisable at this point in time for even God hisself would be to promote a "National Infrastructure Program" similar to what FDR did in the 30s but it would be a win-win if he could get it thru Congress... It would put the country on a sounder footing to compete in this century and cut the heck out of unemployment...
Would it add to the deficit??? Yeah, it would... You don't pay off yer credit cards when you are unemployed... That is the Republican plan... Not based on any economic theory known to real economists... Yes, the Repubs rounded up the same 100 flat earther economists that say that global warming has nothing to do with out burning everything burnable but reality is that stupid people say stupid things...
Time for the intelligent people to have a bigger voice and let flat earthers go back to what they do best and is most enjoyable to them and that is sit in stands of some dumb race track watching other people drive cars in circles... Big whoop...